This may be a bit too geeky, but is anyone thinking about the commitment curve? Carrie Jones, one of the best community builders I know, has some thoughts worth reading here. How are you thinking about long term engagement, relationship building, and community building?

"What's the most important non-obvious skill for success?""The ability to keep believing in your own ideas when others say they're dumb" — Sam Altman (@sama) May 1, 2016 To re-iterate what I mentioned last year — don’t let me derail your startup by telling you…

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Ameeta Jain, founder of HomeSelfe. The home is the most valuable investment/asset that most people have, and I always like learning more about startups working to help home owners save money while simultaneously decreasing the environmental impact they’re having….

Who are the best website providers in 2016? Who do you use? What do you like? Not like? Do you go full custom, semi-custom, or template? Do you pay for IDX separately? What do you spend monthly? What are you looking for in your next…

You may have read the recent post on Inman (subscription wall) about bot vs broker when sourcing homes for a buyer to tour. It says, in an unscientific test, the bot can more accurately recommend the properties buyers will like viewing in person. I wrote a…

First they told everyone to remove all branding from photos, which I agree with, but then they said they will put their branding on every photo. So now every new property photo on my website and thousands of other websites promotes their website. This is…

It’s been quite awhile since the topic of conversion rates on real estate websites was talked about. What conversion rates is your website seeing? (Keep in mind, without context, conversion numbers mean nothing.)

I think the connected (aka digital) home is a massively, massively big space that we’re going to see a ton of innovation in over the next few years. My sense is connected home will end up merging with the history of the home opportunity I’ve been…

I think a lot about long term strategic defensibility when evaluating any business (& building my own). The best companies, focus on what they do better than anyone else, that is extremely hard to duplicate — and stay focused on executing on increasing that defensibility. You’ve…

Those in Canada, and certainly those in Toronto, are likely following the story of the upcoming expected ruling by the federal Competition Tribunal against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) that would open MLS data to external parties. Further details can be found at Global and…